Assembly elections: Rajasthan and Telangana set for polling on 7 December

Elaborate arrangements have been made for Assembly elections in Telangana and Rajasthan which will go to polls on Friday, December 7.

In Telangana, over 1,60,000 poll personnel have been deployed to ensure peaceful polling. Over 270 companies of Central Armed Forces, 30,000 state police personnel and over 18,000 forces drawn from 6 other states have been deployed.

Over 2 crore 80 lakh electors including 4.57 lakh divyangs will exercise their franchise at 32, 815 polling stations spread in all the 31 districts. A total of 1,821 candidates including about 135 women are in the fray for 119 assembly constituencies.

In Rajasthan, 51, 687 polling booths including at least one `all-women booth` in each constituency, have been set up.